Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders said he’s surprised his recent comments on 104.3 The Fan radio in Denver suggesting Manning was a great leader were taken by some to mean he was trying to disrespect his former QB, Ben Roethlisberger.

Demaryius Thomas, the lone bright spot in Denver’s Super Bowl debacle, isn’t looking back at that night in the Meadowlands when Seattle’s sideline-to-sideline supremacy rendered his record 13 receptions a forgettable footnote.

A year ago during the NFL’s free agency period a fax machine fiasco left a sour taste in the mouths of Broncos fans. It might be for that reason that the Broncos brass are taking a no-nonsense approach this year.